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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. ST. LOUIS, ALTON AND TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD COMPANY (1886)

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. ST. LOUIS, ALTON AND TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD COMPANY |
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Term: 1885 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 15, 1886 |
Decided: January 25, 1886 |
Outcome |
No disposition |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. ST. LOUIS, ALTON AND TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 25, 1886. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1886.
The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 116 U.S. 472
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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